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   lake

   /leɪk/

   noun

   • 1. a large area of water surrounded by land: "boys were swimming in the lake"
   • ▪ the Lake District.
   • ▪ a pool of liquid: "the fish was served in a lake of spicy sauce"
   • ▪ a large surplus of a liquid commodity: "the EU wine lake"

   Word Origin late Old English (denoting a pond or pool), from Old French lac, from Latin lacus ‘basin, pool, lake’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. lakelet noun

   Scrabble Points: 8

   • L

     1

   • A

     1

   • K

     5

   • E

     1

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